WASHINGTON — A federal judge in the nation’s capital has ordered the Trump administration to allow two more illegal immigrant teenagers to obtain an abortion, but has briefly stayed her ruling to allow the government a day to appeal. “[Defendants are] required to transport J.R. and J.P.—or allow J.R. and J.P. to be transported—promptly and without […]
LONDON — Prosecutors have decided to drop a criminal charge against a Nigerian pastor and missionary who was to have been put on trial for violating the UK Public Order Act in upsetting hearers by preaching against Islam. “I was interviewed, charged and [set to be] put on trial for being a hate preacher. I have […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A federal judge has granted an injunction against the Trump administration’s recent expansion of the religious exemption to the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, also known as the “abortion pill mandate,” opining that it could increase state spending for contraceptive programs. “[T]he court finds that it is likely that the new IFRs will result […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed on Monday a bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks, but also would have allowed dismemberment of the unborn up to that point as long as the baby was first killed by another method, such as being “injected by saline to cause its death before […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against a Planned Parenthood affiliate for performing abortions without a license. “[T]he [Cabinet for Health and Family Services] has plead facts which suggest Planned Parenthood did everything it could to begin performing abortions as soon as possible,” the court wrote […]
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The Brevard County Board of Commissioners has unanimously voted to appeal a ruling by a federal judge that blocks commissioners from requiring that the prayers presented at the beginning of public board meetings contain “theistic content.” According to Florida Today, Commission Chair Rita Pritchett remarked that the ruling “takes away the freedom of […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WREG-TV) — A doctor is facing several charges after his girlfriend said he spiked her drink with an abortion pill, causing her to lose her unborn baby, according to WROC. Brook Fiske and Sikander Imran had been dating on and off for three years, when Imran, a doctor, moved from Rochester to Arlington, Va., for […]
(Fox News) — A Christian student group is suing the University of Iowa for discrimination after they were booted off campus for requiring student leaders to embrace Christian religious beliefs—including a clause on sexual morality. The university stripped The Business Leaders in Christ of their status on campus after a member claimed he was denied […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Louisiana sheriff’s firing of two of his deputies for swapping wives and families, refusing to review lower court rulings in a case that raised eyebrows. Brandon Coker and Michael Golden, who worked in the southern state’s Bossier parish, discovered the loves of their lives—in […]
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Supreme Court is set to rule on a case involving two “divorced” women who are locked in a custody battle as one of the women contends that she should also be recognized as the child’s mother, even if she is not the biological parent. Christina Strickland is seeking equal custody […]